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I had one of my resume that really stood out that I had a lot of responsibility for I would say that I may be an outlier where work experience can carry you Because I can certainly tell you that it wasn’t my test scores or my GPA

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nope. some other user said they ghosted everyone last year

he was probably exaggerating. I think there will be another wave of invites this week or next week

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you are still in the game until they tell you otherwise

I swear I was not Simon and Tepper did people dirty last year lol Not saying that it's going to happen this year

Can elaborate pls? In what way? In R1 they sent all invites in the first wave only?

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They didn't send an invite at all and made people wait and gave them a rejection on the deadline date PTSD for some people I am sure lol

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